On Witness and Respair
by Jesmyn Ward
NPR · Fresh Air · May 23, 2026
Biography
Lives examined — memoirs, biographies, and personal histories
360 books
Books
Backtalker
by Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw
NPR · Book of the Day · May 21, 2026
The People Can Fly
by Joshua Bennett
NPR · Book of the Day · May 19, 2026
Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young: A Fugitive Family in the Revolutionary Underground
by Zayd Ayers Dohrn
NPR · Fresh Air · May 18, 2026
A Rumor of War
by Philip Caputo
NPR · Fresh Air · May 15, 2026
This Is Not About Running
by Mary Cain
NPR · Book of the Day · May 15, 2026
Famesick
by Lena Dunham
NPR · Book of the Day · May 7, 2026
Backtalker: An American Memoir
by Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw
NPR · Fresh Air · May 5, 2026
Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
by Belle Burden
NPR · Book of the Day · May 5, 2026
Infinity Machine
by Sebastian Mallaby
NPR · Book of the Day · Apr 28, 2026
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